Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-24
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Yankton would then be minus q post.
Office.
Captain Tanner found the people O
Sioux Falls enthusiastic over the Du,
luth and Dsnver railroad. They tole
the captain 1t was coming sure and the.
knew it from the best authority. 1t wa
settled that jim Hill was behind th,
movement and he vas going to push the
road to Denver,as qalckly as possible.
Captain ID. w. @. Tanner, who visited
Sioux Falls yesterday, conveys the in
telligence that a bowling blizzard COM
mandea the attention of the people along
the main line of the Milwaukee road
yesterday. ALI the brains gong east
over the line were detained by the storm
from one to three hours and the Their
mometer indicated low temperature.
The Burlington, Cedar. Rapids and
Northern writes Major Hanson that II
will build no new road this year, on ao-
count of the inter. state bill
and the letter adds that none of the
roads will extend a. present, for the
same reason. This road is dangerously
near Canton and threatens to build to
that city and from there to Centreville.
But if Major Hanson's letter is truthful
it will stay where it is.
j.. M. B. Floyd, of Sioux City, who is
in fankton to-day, has Just concluded
an action against the Illinois Central for
damages to the amount of $4,000 for
injuries received in g wreck neal Storm
Lake. Eleven Jurors were in favor of
giving. him all the way from 9 1000 to
the amount claimed. but the twelfth
man refused to coDcede anything in the
way OF damages and the jury reported q
disagreement and a new trial will be
had. MIR. Floyd was very seriously in.
jured and sor a month hung between
life and death.
The usual interest in the temperance
cause was manifested at last nights gather
ing at the Methodist church It was pure
ly a political gathering brought together
for the purpose OF discussing city poll
tics and preparing for action in relation
thereto. A large committee of ladies
and gentlemen was appointed who are
intrusted with the duty of selecting
candidates for city officers. This COM
mittee is to be meet Friday evening and
formulate q plan. Many of the active
temperance workers did not favor q
purely temperance ticket, independent
of other considerations, while others did.
So the matter was left undecided and
subsequent consultations must deter
mine the question.
The proposed Duluth & Denver rail-
road extension from Sioux Falls south
westward via Yankton would prove a
most profitable line of traffic to our
Sioux Falls neighbors. Building stone
is the staple article of wealth to shat
community and the proposed road
would tap a region entirely destitute
of building stone all the way from Sioux
Falls into Wyoming. Sioux Falls pres
emit railroad lines run in the direction
OF other quarrios, excepting the one
down the Sioux Valley and that is mere.
ly a local line. The Denver extension
would invade a country absolutely
destitute of stone quarries and open up
to Sioux Falls an extensive market in
which there would be no competition.
?. Hollenbeck, assistant general sup
erintendent of the Chicago & North
western railway, and j.. e. Blunt, chief
civil engineer for that road, have spent
to-day in Yankton, but Tor what purpose
there is no telling. A reporter met the
gentlemen at the Northwestern depot
this morning, but they would say moth
ing more than that they were looking
over the road, When the newspaper
man addressed them further they babe
him good morning, and vanished within
the secret passages of Mr.. Hoilenbeok's
car and the n. p. man stood out in the
snow and admired the outside decora-
tions of the luxurious vehicle. The gen.
tlemen did not venture down town and
the object OF their visit was net made
public.